| Literature DB >> 15061872 |
Shilpa Deshpande1, Kaustuv Banerjee, Partha Sarathi Biswas, Barry T Rouse.
Abstract
Infection of the cornea with herpes simplex virus (HSV) can result in a chronic disease called herpetic stromal keratitis (HSK). The disease represents one of the leading causes of infectious blindness in the Western world. Immune-mediated cellular damage is suspected in the pathogenesis of human HSK. The murine model has been pivotal in further establishing HSK as an immunopathological disease. This article reviews understanding of HSK, both in humans and in the mouse model, with an emphasis on possible future therapeutic strategies to counteract this blinding immunoinflammatory disease.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15061872 DOI: 10.1017/S1462399404007604
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Expert Rev Mol Med ISSN: 1462-3994 Impact factor: 5.600